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Wests Maya Moore, of the Minnesota Lynx, reacts in the final seconds the WNBA All-Star basketball game, Saturday, July 25, 2015, in Uncasville, Conn. West won 117-112. Moore was the game's MVP. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) ORG XMIT: CTJH112 less

Wests Maya Moore, of the Minnesota Lynx, reacts in the final seconds the WNBA All-Star basketball game, Saturday, July 25, 2015, in Uncasville, Conn. West won 117-112. Moore was the game's MVP. (AP ... more

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Lynx force Sparks to WNBA Finals Game 5

LOS ANGELES — Maya Moore scored 31 points and Minnesota's defense held Nneka Ogwumike and Candace Parker in check to help the Lynx beat the Los Angeles Sparks 85-79 on Sunday night and force a decisive fifth game in the WNBA Finals.

College football: Purdue fired coach Darrell Hazell midway through his fourth season, ending his tenure with the worst winning percentage of any Boilermakers coach in 95 years. Hazell was 9-33 overall (.220) since taking over in 2013.

Tennis:Andy Murray defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (1), 6-1 to win the Shanghai Masters. ... Caroline Wozniacki defeated Kristina Mladenovic 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-2 to win the Hong Kong Open, her second title in Asia in the past month. ... Dominika Cibulkova won her third title of the season and seventh overall by beating Viktorija Golubic 6-3, 7-5 in the Generali Ladies final. ... Peng Shuai captured the first title of her career at the Tianjin Open, beating Alison Riske in the final 7-6 (3), 6-2.

NBA: League sources said the Bulls and Bucks all but finalized a Tony Snell-for-Michael Carter-Williams swap. Barring a late snag, a trade call with the league will take place Monday, one source said, capping Snell's underwhelming three seasons after the Bulls used the 20th pick in the 2013 draft on him. Similarly, Carter-Williams could benefit from a change of scenery. Drafted nine spots ahead of Snell by the 76ers, the 6-foot-6 guard won rookie of the year honors. But the defensive-minded guard never clicked with the Bucks after coach Jason Kidd stated a desire to acquire him in a three-team deal in 2015. Carter-Williams, who had hip surgery in March, will join the mix to back up Rajon Rondo ... The Heat picked up forward Justise Winslow's third-year rookie-scale option, committing to moving in advance of the Oct. 31 deadline with a guarantee of Winslow's $2.7 million salary for 2017-18.